Colossians 1:16-18

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

¹⁶ because all things were created by^[a] Him in the heavens and on the earth, the visible things and the invisible things— whether thrones or lordships or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷ And He Himself is before all things, and all things have existence^[b] in Him. ¹⁸ And He Himself is the head of the body, the church.

The Son Is First In Everything, Because God Reconciled All Things Through Him

... Who is the beginning^[c], the firstborn from the dead, in order that He Himself might come-to-be holding-first-place in all things,